ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,652, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to puzzleYOU GmbH (Altenstadt a.d. Waldnaab, Germany).

"System for storage of puzzle pieces, sales unit of a puzzle and a method for manufacturing a puzzle" was invented by Norbert Weig (Parkstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sales unit of a puzzle with a puzzle which comprises a plurality of puzzle pieces which together form a picture with one or more motifs, as well as a storage container for the puzzle pieces, wherein the puzzle pieces of one picture are assembled into at least two or more groups with two or more puzzle pieces respectively, irrespective of the motif or motifs, wher...